A Whole Foods store in Berkeley filed for a restraining order in an ongoing suit against an animal rights activist organization and its co-founder, according to court records.

According to the Guardian, protesters from Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) will no longer be able to step foot in one of Berkeley's Whole Foods stores. The activist group has protested outside of Telegraph Ave. Whole Foods — as well as other Bay Area supermarkets — over the last several years as a means to call action to the chain's suppliers' alleged animal welfare violations.

"DxE members have repeatedly entered our stores and property to conduct demonstrations that disrupt customers and team members by blocking access to our aisles, departments and cash registers, interfering with our business and putting the safety of both customers and team members at risk," a Whole Foods representative said in a statement to the Guardian.

The vegan activist group, which espouses "total animal liberation," has attempted to call action to alleged actions taken by one of Whole Foods' main suppliers, Pitman Family Farms. The group claims the farm betrays its commitment to "free-range environments" for its chickens.

DxE claimed they visited a dozen Pitman farms and saw not one chicken roaming outside of its cage, The Intercept reported. Graphic videos released by the group alleged "debeaking" practices, overcrowding, and showed the chickens skirmishing with one another.